GLOBALIZATION IS THE NAME OF THE GAME

Mary Walshok, the dean of UCSD Extension, need look no farther than her school’s ladies room for evidence of San Diego’s globalization. Posted on the wall: a message in six languages – from Arabic to Farsi to Korean – warning that foreign objects may clog the toilet.

Entre news: A name change appears to be in order for Project 25, the collaborative United Way program to end chronic homelessness in San Diego. The first-year goal of the project was to get 25 of San Diego’s most-frequent abusers of publicly funded emergency services off the streets and into housing and rehabilitation programs. On Tuesday, project leaders will announce they’ve exceeded their goal, enrolling 35 chronically homeless and placing 31 of them in permanent housing. When the program was launched, former SD City Councilman Brian Maienschein, who heads the project, estimated the savings for each of the Project 25 success stories would be roughly $200,000 a year. That would add up to more than a $6 million savings during the first year.

The names: Marjorie Hansen Shaevitz launches her new guide to choosing the right college, “adMission Possible,” with an April 12 book signing at Warwicks in La Jolla. Shaevitz knows of what she writes. She’s the former director of the College Re-entry Program for Adults at UCSD ... Ed Moss, who helped correct the course of the Union-Tribune through 21/2 years of ownership by Platinum Equity, is now CEO and president of the Denver Post ... City Councilman Carl DeMaio’s latest pitch for support in his bid for mayor is a family affair. Attaching DeMaio’s recent U-T profile to an emailed soft-sell, Susan DeMaio-Mills writes: “My brother overcame adversity in a troubled childhood – and went from an orphan to successful businessman. As Mayor Carl DeMaio will help San Diego overcome its challenges with the same integrity, determination and compassion he showed in childhood.”

The wandering I: San Diegans will dominate the true-crime panel April 14 in the Orange County Library’s big books event at UC Irvine. Author and ex-cop Tom Basinski is moderator, with former U-T reporters Cathy Scott and Caitlin Rother as panelists. “Not sure how they expect me to control the conversation of two women,” says Basinski. “But I’ll try.” ... At 20,000 strong, one of San Diego’s largest conventions should produce lots of picky eaters for downtown restaurants. The medical delegates arrive April 19 for Digestive Disease Week.

So many words: San Diego’s Jan Strode, the CEO of CEO Advisors, launched the third season of Carbon NYC’s speakers series this spring – the first-ever woman to address the elite New York business forum. Strode, whose clients have included Firestone 500, Tylenol and junk-bond king Michael Milken (post-Wall Street), offers crisp crisis counseling: “With the 24/7 news cycle, we’re all on a 25-second play clock. When the 25 seconds are up, you have to be prepared to answer the media.”

Lost in translation: Mary Robinson’s 26-year-old daughter Deena, a USC master’s candidate, recently applied for a summer internship in China. After receiving the emailed application from China, Deena dutifully filled in the blanks for U.S. mailing address, birth date and undergraduate degree. But she was stumped by the last of five choices for marital status: married, divorced, widowed, bachelor or spinster.